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Rights are of limited use if there's no practical way to exercise them. Hiring a software developer to change an OS or an app is rarely a practical option for m
by skybrian 2y ago
Rights are of limited use if there's no practical way to exercise them. Hiring a software developer to change an OS or an app is rarely a practical option for most consumers.
- blueflow 2y agoYou can install Linuxor a custom ROM. And if the manufacturer has DRM like SecureBoot in place to prohibit that, you can file for damages and basically get the device for free.
- Ajedi32 2y agoCorrect. It's not practical because those apps usually aren't Free Software and because the hardware or firmware they're running on often aren't Free and include anti-features that prevent you from installing Free alternatives. If they were Free, users wouldn't necessarily even need to hire a developer to change their app or OS; those changes would most likely already exist in some form somewhere and the user could simply purchase the modified version.